A holiday with a chauffeur,
not a timetable.
Honeymooners, families, retirees and art lovers book us for the same reason: a quiet car that waits at the door, a chauffeur who knows the way, and a day that runs at your pace. By the hour from €65, or as one fixed quote for the longer trips.
The Netherlands is small. The point is the pace.
Most of what visitors come for sits within an hour or two of Amsterdam: the bulb fields around Lisse, the canals of Giethoorn, Vermeer's Delft, the beach at Zandvoort, the Kröller-Müller collection in the woods of the Hoge Veluwe. Trains and coach tours reach all of it. What they cannot do is leave when you are ready, wait while you linger over lunch, or take the quieter road back because the light is good.
A leisure day with AmstelCab is built the other way round. You tell us what you would like to see and roughly when you would like to be back; your chauffeur handles the route, the parking and the timing, and the car stays with you from the first stop to the last. If a museum takes longer than planned, nothing is missed. If the children fall asleep, the drive home is simply quieter.
Four kinds of traveller, one quiet car.
A day that belongs to two people: the dunes at Bloemendaal in the late afternoon, dinner in Haarlem, the drive back along the canal ring with nobody else in the car. For the occasion itself, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class reclines both rear seats and carries champagne flutes; it is confirmed by dispatch on WhatsApp rather than booked first come, first served.
The Van Class seats up to seven with captain chairs and headroom to walk in, so pushchairs, beach bags and a sleeping toddler all travel without negotiation. Child and baby seats are fitted on request at €5 each, and a chauffeur who knows where the toilets are at Keukenhof is worth more than any guidebook.
No platform changes, no long walks from a coach park, no luggage lifted above shoulder height. Your chauffeur helps with the bags, drops you at the entrance rather than the car park, and is ready when you are — whether that is after forty minutes or three hours.
The Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Kröller-Müller Museum at Otterlo and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem are each an easy day from Amsterdam, and the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk sit together on Museumplein. A chauffeur turns a two-museum day into a comfortable one.
Five days our chauffeurs would happily drive again.
The spring garden at Lisse, then the lanes between the fields towards Noordwijk, where the colour is at its best from the back seat. Entry tickets are yours to arrange; the car and the timing are ours.
The village in Overijssel where the old centre has canals instead of streets. Around two hours each way from Amsterdam, which is exactly why it suits a chauffeur: you read or doze on the way up and step out rested at the water.
Vermeer's town between The Hague and Rotterdam: the Markt, the Nieuwe Kerk, the Royal Delft pottery. About an hour from Amsterdam down the A4, and easily paired with the Mauritshuis on the way back.
Zandvoort is the closest sand to Amsterdam; Bloemendaal aan Zee has the beach clubs; Noordwijk has the long, quiet strand. Your chauffeur drops you on the boulevard, and there is no sandy walk to a distant car park at the end of it.
An evening table in Haarlem, Utrecht or up on the dunes at Bergen becomes simple when nobody at the table is driving. Book by the hour and the car waits outside; book point to point and we return for you at the agreed time.
Two ways to price a day.
Days that begin and end in the same city are booked by the hour. Longer trips — Giethoorn, the Hoge Veluwe, a coast-to-coast day — are quoted once, all in, before you confirm.
Hourly hire includes 40 kilometres per hour and must start and end in the same city; taxes are included and there is no surcharge for paying by card. Bookings within 12 hours of pick-up carry a 10% short-notice surcharge.
From a rough idea to a car at the door.
Where you are staying, what you would like to see, how many of you there are and whether there are children. Online for a simple hire, on WhatsApp for anything with several stops.
Hourly for city-based days, one fixed all-in quote for longer trips. The number you confirm is the number you pay: no meter, no surge, no card surcharge.
Professionally dressed, English-speaking, with water and chargers ready. On a Schiphol pick-up the flight is tracked and the first hour of waiting after landing is free.
The car waits at every stop. Change the order, stay longer, go home early — your chauffeur adjusts, and dispatch is one message away if anything needs rebooking.
Windmills, cheese towns, the coast and the old cities as chauffeured days out.
Where the people who drive these roads go on their own days off, and why.
Start the holiday in arrivals: name sign, luggage help, one fixed price to any Amsterdam address.
The Mercedes V-Class for families and groups of up to seven, with room for the beach bags.
Yes, that is the normal arrangement. Hourly hire keeps the same car and chauffeur from the first pick-up to the last drop, with a minimum of two hours and 40 kilometres per hour included. For a trip that leaves the city and comes back, we quote the full day as one fixed amount instead.
No — we drive. Tickets for Keukenhof, a boat in Giethoorn or a table for dinner are yours to book, and your chauffeur will time the day around them. Tell us the slots you have and we will work the pick-up times backwards from there.
Yes. Your chauffeur meets you in the arrivals hall with a name sign, helps with the luggage and can drive straight to Keukenhof, Delft or the coast before dropping you at your hotel in the evening. The flight is tracked from the moment you book, and the first sixty minutes of waiting after landing are free.
Usually, yes. The Van Class seats up to seven with luggage for seven, the captain chairs face forward with proper legroom and the headroom lets you settle a small child without bending double. Child and baby seats are fitted on request at €5 each; mention the ages when you book.
Stay. On an hourly booking the extra time is simply added at the same rate. On a fixed-quote day trip, tell your chauffeur and dispatch will confirm straight away whether the change affects the price. Cancelling altogether is free up to one hour before pick-up.
Yes, by arrangement. The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class carries two passengers with reclining rear seats and champagne flutes, and outside the fixed Schiphol ⇄ Amsterdam fares it is priced individually. Send your date and the rough plan on WhatsApp and dispatch will confirm availability and one fixed price.